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The expressive former Knicks guard, who idolized the former Bulls coach while growing up in Chicago, then was dealt away by the Zen Master to the Cavaliers in early 2015, issued a candid and brutal takedown of Jackson in the aftermath of a racially loaded feud with LeBron James.

“I think ’Bron would bust Phil Jackson’s ass. If Phil Jackson was in his prime, playing basketball, Bron would bust his ass. I’m glad Phil Jackson got the rings for Chicago. You traded me away from New York, cool. It’s all business, it’s all love, whatever.

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“But I’m a grownup now. You not my hero no more. The Bulls era is gone, Mike is gone, Pippen is gone, you ain’t coaching the Bulls no more. So, I don’t care what you got to say about ’Bron. I don’t know how conscious he was of that word upsetting LeBron the way it did, but I understand why ’Bron’s heated.”

And squeezed in after a full line of questions about his outré fashion choices and stylish match with singer/actress wife Teyana Taylor, Shumpert responded in kind to Warriors provocateur Draymond Green saying he wants to “annihilate” the defending champion Cavs in a Finals re-rematch.